Wichita eagle., 1887-09-06
POINTERS FROM PRATT

| 10 the Editor OF The Eagle.
With the advent Of pleasant weather the
local boom, which had been trying tc
maintain low temperature for some weeks
past, is again moving. Last week pros
pectors from the east commenced dropping
into the town. and every train continues tc
swell the hotel registers. Many of these
people are looking for farm lands, and
finding the fertile prairies of Pratt emin.
emily adapted to every department of agri.
culture, have wisely invested, and will be-
come citizens of the county. And while
agric ulturists are pouring into the magni-
ficent rural districts of the county, the city
is rapidly moving forward in every de-
partment Of business enterprises. Pratt
people are marvel of pluck, energy and
intelligence. The kicker and croaker has
no foot hold on the streets of Plat. He Is
slender factor, indeed. throughout the
county, and that is the touchstone of the
city and county's remarkable success.
The story of Pratt's development into
the dignity Of thriving. aggressive city
may vel! read like a novel to the nickel
calculating, stopping at the Spite and leak
ing at the bung people of the east Twelve
months ago today the city of Pratt was
simply hamlet, without scarcely feature
of metropolitan culture or conveniences. But
men of sound judgment, and of business
foresight knew there was golden future
for the people who came here. And note
the result. Pratt has doubled, almost Its
population since 1885, Splendid buildings
OF massive architectural designs are spring
ing up as if by the wand of an enchan-
tress; water works, electric lights, numer
Gus Substantial banking houses an excel
lent local press, admirable public school
buildings, spacious church edifces, tele.
phcne, telegraph lines, in a word every
institution that conspires to enlarge the in
tellectual, and moral powers of man. The
preceding perhaps violates rule of rhet-
oric, but 1t is full of meat.
While all these evidences of prosperity are
observed whethersoever one may turn his
eye, the happier feature Is contained in the
fact that the work is still pressing forward
with undated vigor.
There is happy combination of circum
Stances surrounding the destiny of this city.
Here are soils unequaled In fertility,
streams of limpid water, delightful cli-
mate, and almost unexampled railroad
facilities In every section of the country.
while the city lies in the center of the
the country. The construction of
Rock Island railroad to the city makes
Pratt the leading railroad town west of
Wichita. And so it will remain without
some gigantic revulsion In business and
nature occurs.
As an evidence of the nsme of prosperity
that is rolling to Pratt l was informed to
day by Mr.. Charles Huson, the most promi
nent real estate man in the city, that
the prices in property are rapidly sdvsnc-
ing, much faster than LAST year
Real estate transactions read something |
like the early stories of San Francisco. |
Men who were poor few months sgo are
now living mine days In the week" Others
are travelling the same highway and VII
make connections whether the Lord be
willing or not as the mining phrase runs.
From the mass Of correspondence received
by the leading citizens Of the city. II Is well
assured that the influx Of immigrstion.thk
tali VII far surpass that Of any other past